16|05|2011

The third release on Jon Brooks's Cafe Kaput
imprint is Music For Dieter Rams, a nine track album made
entirely from the alarm sound of the Braun AB-30 bedside clock
designed by Rams. The album is an experiment to produce a
record to reflect the ten point design ethos of the German
industrial designer, which is centred around the principle "less,
but better".

Brooks (aka The Advisory Circle) says: "I chose this clock for a
couple of reasons; it was given to me when I was 15 as a birthday
present, so it's been with me for some time. Also, since then, I've
become a massive fan of the clock's designer, Dieter Rams. I looked
at the clock and thought 'hmm… what can I get from this?' Just one
of those 'what if' moments. So mirroring Dieter Rams's design
ethos, I set about creating something."

Music For Dieter Rams is available from today. Listen
to samples on Bandcamp. Listen to a short explanatory audio tour of
the album's technical genesis below: